Corporate social responsibility in Asian supply chains

By R. Welford, S. Frost. 2006

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Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Strategy and Management

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Corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting on the Internet (2009, background): “…environment are likely to ignore it and take a completely passive stance (Buil-Carrasco et al., 2008), potentially to their detriment as they are cut out of larger companies’ supply chains, even though adoption of CSR practices could confer many tangible benefi ts on them (Welford and Frost, 2006).”
Social Sustainability in Developing Country Suppliers: An Exploratory Study in the Ready Made Garments Industry of Bangladesh (2014, background): “…a); sustainable supply chain governance models (Vurro et al., 2009); and, comparative studies on how broad Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies, which include social sustainability, have been adapted by leading firms in different regions (Welford, 2004, 2005, Welford and Frost, 2006).”
Voluntary Governance Mechanisms in Global Supply Chains: Beyond CSR to a Stakeholder Utility Perspective (2016, background): “First, there is evidence to suggest that managers who gather such information are constrained by resource issues leading to the inability to find diligent audit and inspection staff for information gathering and reporting (Welford and Frost, 2006).”
Corporate Social Responsibility in Garment Sourcing Networks: Factory Management Perspectives on Ethical Trade in Sri Lanka (2015, background): “Therefore, the rhetoric of CSR implementation may not always conform to the ideal of going beyond minimum legal or regulatory requirements: Welford and Frost (2006) note that CSR is often perceived as a compliance issue in Asian supply chains, while Hughes (2005) notes how the notion of ethical…”
Tailoring corporate responsibility to suppliers: Managing SA8000 in Indian garment manufacturing (2009, background): “With increased understanding of legal rights, the need for training in handling labour disputes would be a corner stone in the educational programmes for worker representatives as well as for management (Welford and Frost, 2006).”
What Prompts Small and Medium Enterprises to Engage in Corporate Social Responsibility? A Study from Taiwan (2012, background): “Williamson et al. (2006) suggest that the market-dominated decision-making framework of SMEs is transformed into a decision-making approach dominated by voluntary action when SMEs decide to practice CSR.”
An empirical examination of the relationship between business strategy and socially responsible supply chain management (2013, background): “Recent studies have shown that responsible supply chain practices are driven by top management support (Park and Stoel, 2005), organisational values (Carter and Jennings, 2002), regulation (Walker and Brammer, 2009), customer expectations (Carter and Jennings, 2004), and a desire to reduce risk (Wel”
Management of Social Issues in Supply Chains: A Literature Review Exploring Social Issues, Actions and Performance Outcomes (2017, background): “However, a number of researchers point to the drafting and implementation discrepancies of the codes of conduct (Leigh and Waddock 2006; Welford and Frost 2006).”
How corporate social responsibility is defined: an analysis of 37 definitions (2008, background): “On a wide range of issues corporations are encouraged to behave socially responsibly (Welford and Frost, 2006; Engle, 2006).”
Revisiting Supplier Compliance with MNC Codes of Conduct: Recoupling Policy and Practice at Chinese Toy Suppliers (2014, background): “Hence, it seems as though toy factories in Guangdong have been forced to improve workers’ rights due to a shortage of labour in the region, a need to retain workers, and improved awareness among workers of their rights (cf. Welford and Frost 2006).”